The Pick and Drill Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,560 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,560 Feet (1,390 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.47583, -112.16556
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Pick and Drill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pick and Drill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Yarber Wash District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Pick And Drill Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1911
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: None-Quartz Diorite Massive And Unfoliated; Also Granophyre Unfoliated
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF BRUSHY WASH
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANOPHYRE OF PROTEROZOIC AGE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP GQ-996
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1336, PLATE 2
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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